Police Revise Medical Guidelines

February 21, 1985

The Chicago Police Department is revising its medical and physical guidelines to give about 250 men and women a new chance to get the police officer jobs they were denied for medical reasons. Judge Charles Norgle of U.S. District Court has signed a consent decree that requires the department to follow interim medical guidelines and to give the 250 first crack at 500 new patrol officer openings the city plans to fill, court records show.